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BUCKET ATTAEHMENT.

(Applicazin med Nov. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

CHARLEY A. TROXEL, OF GARRISON, IOXVA.

BUCKET ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,698, dated February 20, 1900.

Application tiled November 1l, 1899. Serial No. 736,664. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, @HARLEY A. TROXEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garrison, in the county of Benton and State of Iowa, haveinvented anew and useful Bucket Attachment, of which the followingis a speciiieation.

It isa common practice among farmers when feeding stock to break ears of corn upon the upper edge or rim of a bucket, basket, or other receptacle in which the ears of corn may be carried, whereby the edge of the receptacle soon becomes worn and damaged and the ears of corn are only ineifectually broken. The present invention, therefore, has been designed to provide means for reinforcing the upper edge of buckets and the like, so as to protect the same, and upon which the ears of corn may be effectually broken.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a bucket equipped with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal sectional view taken through the attachment and the adjacent portion of the bucket. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attachment detached from the bucket.

Corresponding parts in the several gures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be seen that the attachment comprises a blade l of substantially-triangular shape in cross-section, the opposite sides of which incline upwardly to the comparativelysharp lateral knife-edge 2. Pendent'from each corner of the base of the blade is an arm 3, whereby pairs of arms are provided at opposite ends of the blade, and adjacent arms are provided with transversely-alined perforations 4: for the reception of fastenings.

In the application of the device, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the pendent arms are placed astraddle of the upper edge of a bucket or other receptacle, so that the base of the blade may rest upon the upper edge thereof and the respective arms may embrace the inner and outer sides of the bucket. Suitable fastenings 6 are then passed through the openings in the arms and also through the side of the bucket, so as to firmly attach the blade thereto. It will be noted by reference to Fig. 2 that the base of the blade ts snugly the upper edge of the bucket, so as to aiford a iirm seat therefor, and the knife-edge 2 is located laterally above the upper end of the bucket.

To break an ear of corn, the same is struck transversely across the upper edge of the blade, and the impact therewith will result in the breaking of the ear. As the blade is comparatively heavy and strong, it will withstand the eifect-s of the blows, and thereby prevent injury to the edge of the bucket.

It will be apparent -that the present device may be applied to any form of bucket, basket, or receptacle without altering or changing the same and also without impairing the ordinary capacity thereof.

As indicated in Fig. l, the device is designed to embrace the seam or lap 7 of the bucket, so as to strengthen and stiffen the latter, and in the case of a basket it should embrace the spliced portion thereof, as will be understood.

What I claim isl. The combination with a bucket, basket or like receptacle, of a vertically-disposed blade secured to the upper edge of the receptacle, and having a laterally-extending knifeedge located above said upper edge of the receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a bucket, basket or like receptacle, of a blade, having pairs of arms embracing the upper edge of the receptacle, and located upon the outer and inner sides thereof, and fastenings passing through the arms and the adjacent side of the receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. As an article of manufacture, an attachment for buckets, baskets and like receptacles, comprising a blade, having pairs of arms located at opposite sides and at opposite ends of the blade, and provided with transversely- IOO alined perforations, for the reception of fastenings.

4. The combination with a bucket, basket or like receptacle, having a seam or joint intersecting the upper edge of the receptacle, of a blade, having arms embracing the upper edge of the receptacle and also the seam o1' joint thereof, and fastenings located at opposite sides of the seam or joint and passing through the arms and the adjacent side of lo the receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature inl the presence of two witnesses.

@HARLEY A. TROXEL. Witnesses:

WM. CRAGER, D. H. JOYCE. 

